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Bonewit Chapt 3
Sterilization and Disinfection- Karly Hayes
Question | Answer |
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A substance that skills diseas-producing microorganisms but not their spores. An antiseptic is usually applied to living tissue. | Antiseptic |
An apparatus for the sterilization of materials, using steam under pressure. | Autoclave |
To soil, stain, or pollute; to make impure. | Contaminate |
An item that comes in contact with sterile tissue or the vascular system. | Critical item |
The use of physical or chemical means to remove or destroy pathogens on an item so that it is no longer capable of transmitting disease; this makes the item safe to handle. | Decontamination |
An agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil. | Detergent |
AN agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects. | Disinfectant |
Any chemical that presents a threat to the health and safety of an individual coming into contact with it. | Hazardous chemical |
To provide proper conditions for growth and development. | Incubate |
The articles that are being sterilized. | Load |
A sheet that provides information regarding a chemical, it hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury and illness when handling the chemical. | Material safety data sheet (MSDS) |
An item that comes into contact with intact skin, but not with mucous membranes. | Noncritical item |
A process to remove organic matter from an article and to reduce the number of microorganisms to a safe level as determined by public health requirements. | Sanitization |
An item that coems into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes. | Semicritical item |
A hard, thick-walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell. | Spore |
The process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores. | Sterilization |
Easily affected pr changed by heat. | Thermolabile |